January 4, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Hi
I actually did put comment to this specific question. Saying that there should be more best practise questions and package configuration (SQL server) is must have.
I hope my second attemp is a pass but I'm glad with failure (1 question missed!) because otherwise I would probably not find motiviation to study my weak points. I also reviewed material and I must admit I should have done it earlier and not follow 2005. I'm glad they removed data mining.
Is MCITP much different to MCTS? More difficult or maybe easier?
January 4, 2012 at 2:22 pm
emil 94400 (1/4/2012)
HiI actually did put comment to this specific question. Saying that there should be more best practise questions and package configuration (SQL server) is must have.
I hope my second attemp is a pass but I'm glad with failure (1 question missed!) because otherwise I would probably not find motiviation to study my weak points. I also reviewed material and I must admit I should have done it earlier and not follow 2005. I'm glad they removed data mining.
Is MCITP much different to MCTS? More difficult or maybe easier?
A bit more difficult, but more about design and development, and less administration. (in other words, more fun :-))
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January 4, 2012 at 6:55 pm
GilaMonster (1/4/2012)
emil 94400 (1/4/2012)
The only disappointed with exam was question related to SSIS deployment. I really don't like questions that says <snip>.Please note that any discussion of the questions in the exam are in violation of the NDA that you accepted when writing the exam. I would suggest you edit your post and remove the details
I provided an example of a type of question that is part of learning material. I did not provide an actual question or available answers.
February 27, 2012 at 2:51 am
Hello Everyone,
I have been studying for a few months for the 70-448 exam, in the last week I was cramming well into the early hours for last Saturdays exam, I get to the test centre all keyed up and ready to go, and guess what? It was shut. I then wasted an hour in traffic getting home, total waste of time. Prometric are ****.
D.
February 27, 2012 at 3:11 am
Duran (2/27/2012)
Hello Everyone,I have been studying for a few months for the 70-448 exam, in the last week I was cramming well into the early hours for last Saturdays exam, I get to the test centre all keyed up and ready to go, and guess what? It was shut. I then wasted an hour in traffic getting home, total waste of time. Prometric are ****.
D.
Didn't you make an appointment?
Anyhow, that really sucks.
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February 27, 2012 at 3:15 am
Yes, you cant not make an appointment. Had E-mail confirmation, the lot. Rang the test centre number as well, but got answer because obviously nobody was there.
D.
February 27, 2012 at 3:17 am
Duran (2/27/2012)
Yes, you cant not make an appointment. Had E-mail confirmation, the lot. Rang the test centre number as well, but got answer because obviously nobody was there.D.
Show them the e-mail confirmation next time and demand travel expenses to be paid back.
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April 3, 2012 at 2:29 am
How was it amusing?
April 3, 2012 at 2:41 am
Duran (4/3/2012)
How was it amusing?
That's spam. I reported it 🙂
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April 5, 2012 at 4:48 am
Well done, what materials did you use, and how long for study?
Regards,
D.
April 5, 2012 at 7:45 am
DAMMIT! Thats twice now! Its like I'm talking to myself! Again!
May 25, 2012 at 7:05 am
Congratulations!
:exclamation: "Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience." :exclamation:
June 18, 2012 at 6:23 am
It took me three times but today I finally passed this exam! I sure hope the SQL 2012 MCSA exams are a bit more focussed on experience and real life situations as I found the 70-448 to be very theoretical and focussing too much on deployment and maintenance instead on development. I found this really hard even with about 8 years of experience in the BI field.
I also noticed that the pool of questions each exam is made up off is not that large as I have had several questions, mainly those on SSIS, three times!
But hey, no further looking back now, 70-461 is next on the list!
Cheers,
a very happy Erik
:-P:-P
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June 18, 2012 at 12:53 pm
ErikvanD (6/18/2012)
It took me three times but today I finally passed this exam! I sure hope the SQL 2012 MCSA exams are a bit more focussed on experience and real life situations as I found the 70-448 to be very theoretical and focussing too much on deployment and maintenance instead on development. I found this really hard even with about 8 years of experience in the BI field.I also noticed that the pool of questions each exam is made up off is not that large as I have had several questions, mainly those on SSIS, three times!
But hey, no further looking back now, 70-461 is next on the list!
Cheers,
a very happy Erik
:-P:-P
Congrats!
I've done the 71-463 exam of MCSA (the data warehouse exam) and the questions are a bit more practical. I have quite a lot of experience with SSIS and some with DQS and I passed the exam on the first try.
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June 18, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Thanks!
And I did the beta for 463 (and passed) and that was indeed a bit better. Also more variety in the sort of questions (not just plain multiple choice). I hope this is also the case with the other 2012 exams. But I guess I will find out soon enough. 😀
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